Citations missing date May 2008 Note the term Firefighter Firecontrolfirecontrol may also refer to means of stopping a fire, such as Fire sprinkler sprinkler system s. Image 880mm Flak D WWII db.jpg thumb right A Germany German anti aircraft gun anti aircraft 88 mm gun with its firecontrol computer from World War II. Displayed in the Canadian War Museum . A firecontrolsystem is a number of components ... improve the speed of these calculations. The Frederic Charles Dreyer Dreyer FireControl Table Dreyer Table firecontrolsystem was already fitted to British capital ships by mid 1916. It was claimed ... the reverse. In a typical World War II British ship the firecontrolsystem connected the individual ... drawing of a battery s firecontrolsystem. Figure 1 . A cut away drawing of a Coast Artillery .... In the United States, Coast Artillery firecontrolsystem s began to be developed at the end of the 19th ... Predicted impact point Firecontrol radar Coast Artillery firecontrolsystem Counter battery radar .... History The original firecontrol systems were developed for ships. When gunnery ranges increased ... shot attempted. Submarines were also equipped with firecontrol computers for the same reasons ... FireControl Table was in use in 1927. By the start of World War II , aircraft altitude performance ... equipped with firecontrol computers. The main difference between these systems and the ones on ships was size and speed. The early versions of the High Angle ControlSystem , or HACS, of UK Britain ... the Mark I FireControl Computer on many of its vessels constructed during World War II. Modern firecontrol computers, like all high performance computers, are digital. The added performance ... due to heating. These sorts of effects are noticeable for any sort of gun, and firecontrol computers ... gun laying using a laser rangefinder and a barrel distortion meter. Firecontrol computers are not just ... s, for example the FN F2000 Fabrique Nationale F2000 . Firecontrol computers have gone through ... more details
The Tartar Guided Missile FireControlSystem is an air defense system developed by the United States Navy to defend warships from air attack. Since its introduction the system has been improved and sold to several United States allies. Image Tartar missile.jpg thumb A RIM 66 Standard missile on the Mk 13 missile launcher launcher aboard the French frigate Cassard D 614 Cassard File TARTAR firecontrol radars mg 5851.jpg thumb TARTAR firecontrol AN SPG 51 radars of a Cassard class frigate Description The Tartar Guided Missile FireControlSystem , or Mk 74 Guided Missile FireControlSystem, or just Tartar , is a US built medium range anti aircraft missile system. The French version used on Cassard class frigate s is composed by a vertical rotating magazine holding 40 missiles, a Mk 13 missile launcher Mk 13 launcher , two AN SPG 51 C firecontrol radar s and one DRBJ11 three dimensional air search radar. Though the entire weapon system is commonly called Tartar, tracing back to its original linkage to the RIM 24 Tartar missile, it utilizes medium ranged RIM 66 Standard missiles. Deployment It was installed on numerous US Cruiser and destroyers in the 1960s through early 1990s such as the California class cruiser s, Virginia class cruiser s, Kidd class destroyer s and the Charles ... FireControlSystem http www.globalsecurity.org military systems munitions sm 1.htm Global security ... performing missiles used by existing firecontrol systems. The RIM 66A B Standard replaced the earlier RIM 24C Tartar used by the system. The new missile made Tartar into a true medium ranged system. Besides having longer range than the RIM 24, the new missile was more accurate and reliable ... the Tartar system could attack at the same time. The New Threat Upgrade Tartar ships could function nearly as well as Aegis Combat System equipped vessels, except for dealing with Saturation ... system. Category Naval weapons of the United States Mk074 Category French Navy technology Category Military ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Unreferenced date August 2007 Passive Underwater FireControl Feasibility System PUFFS is a passive sonar system for submarine s, as well as a nickname for the seamen conveyed in the vessel itself Fact date August 2007 . Source Sub vs Sub , Cdr R Compton Hall, Orion Books , 1989 Category Sonar submarine stub ... more details
A tachymetric anti aircraft firecontrolsystem refers to a method of generating target position, speed, direction, and rate of target range change, by computing these parameters directly from measured data. ref Weapon Control in the Royal Navy 1935 45, Pout, p126 127, from The Application of Radar and other Electronic Systems in the Royal Navy in WW2 Kingsley editor ref The target s range, height and observed bearing data is fed into a computer which uses the measured change in range, height and bearing from successive observations of the target to compute the true range, direction, speed and rate of climb or descent of the target. The computer then calculates the required elevation and bearing of the AA guns to hit the target based upon its predicted movement. The computers were at first entirely mechanical analog computers utilizing gears and levers to physically perform the calculations of protractors and slide rules, using moving graph charts and markers to provide an estimate of speed ... Aircraft FireControlSystem Category Military acronyms Category Naval anti aircraft weapons Category ... and range data, into the AA firecontrol computer which then generates change of bearing rate, and change ..., paragraphs 432 435 ref An example of tachometric AA firecontrol would be the USN Ship Gun FireControl Systems Mk 37 system . The early RN High Angle ControlSystem HACS I through IV and the early Fuze Keeping Clock FKC were examples of non tachometric systems. ref Weapon Control in the Royal Navy 1935 45, Pout ref By 1940 the RN was adding a Gyro Rate Unit GRU ref Weapon Control in the Royal ... data was then fed directly to the HACS firecontrol computer, converting the HACS into a tachometric system. ref Weapon Control in the Royal Navy 1935 45, Pout, p104 ref Notes reflist External ... ref Weapon Control in the Royal Navy 1935 45, Pout, p127, from The Application of Radar and other ... of predicted target elevation and bearing or by remote power control of the observer s optical ... more details
22 orange peel Globalize date December 2010 Ship gun firecontrolsystem s GFCS enable remote ... by the individual gun crews. The director system of firecontrol was pioneered by British Royal ... World War II British ship the firecontrolsystem connected the individual gun turrets to the director ... were thought by some to have the finest firecontrolsystem in the world at that time, only ... firecontrolsystem. The one British ship in the battle that had a mechanical firecontrolsystem turned ... system. The incorporation of radar into the firecontrolsystem early in World War II provided ships ... Argo Clock Admiralty FireControl Table from 1920s HACS A A system from 1931 Fuze Keeping Clock simplified ... radar for surface firecontrol from 1939 US Navy Systems MK 33 Gun FireControlSystem GFCS The Mk .... ref MK 37 Gun FireControlSystem GFCS While the defects were not prohibitive and the Mark 33 remained ... data directly. To do so, accurately, when the firecontrolsystem was initially installed, a surveyor ... pictured in this firecontrolsystem is the same as the function of the Mk 41 Stable Vertical in the main ..., the circular SPG 25 antenna was mounted on top. MK 38 Gun FireControlSystem The Mk38 Gun FireControlSystem GFCS controlled the large main battery guns of Iowa class battleships. The radar ... ppl billgx mk38.htm title Mark 38 Gun FireControlSystem accessdate 2007 08 01 archiveurl ... effect. MK 51 FireControlSystem Image Mk51 Director.jpg left thumb upright Mark 51 Director with Mark ... from 5 inch guns. MK 56 Gun FireControlSystem GFCS This GFCS was an intermediate range, anti aircraft gun firecontrolsystem. ref name FTCp148 cite book title FIRECONTROL TECHNICIAN 1 & CHIEF ... and shoot at faster planes. MK 68 Gun FireControlSystem GFCS Image 5 inch Mark 42 on USS Turner ... class battleship USS Iowa . After the 1950s, GFCSs were integrated with missile firecontrol ... 2 FIRECONTROL, NAVPERS 10798 A publisher U.S. Navy, Bureau of Naval Personnel date 1958 edition ... more details
firecontrolsystem was used to refer to the personnel, facilities, technology and procedures that were ... directed to hit those targets, and assess the effectiveness of such fire, making corrections where necessary. ref For a complete description of firecontrol in the Coast Artillery, see FM 4 15 Coast Artillery Field Manual Seacoast Artillery FireControl and Position Finding, U.S. War Department, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1940. ref In brief, the firecontrolsystem in use from about ... in the firecontrolsystem have to stay in synch for example, knowing which one of a series of sets of firecontrol data they were working with at any given time but certain functions notably the making ...Image FireControl Data Flow.jpg thumb upright 1 A conceptual diagram of the flow of firecontrol data ... of the area. The red 1 on the diagram at right indicates this first stage of the firecontrol process ... at right indicates this stage in the firecontrol process. Special devices, like the deflection ... after firing firing data. Many pieces of firecontrol equipment had to be made specific to just ... shows the relationship of steps in the firecontrol process playing out over time. Firecontrol ... at important targets. ref See also List of U.S. Army firecontrol and sighting material by supply catalog ..., fire was adjusted for observations of the actual fall of the shells 3 , and new firing data were ... , the coast artillery system in the United States involved over 2,000 guns and mortars of 3 inch caliber ... major U.S. harbors against attack from the sea, the coast artillery system in the continental United ... as the earlier system. But now telephone operators linked to the observers entered position data to the computer ... that adjusting these data for the fall of fire simply slowed down gun laying and introduced a new source of error into the system. See Seacoast Artillery Firing, in the Coast Artillery Journal, Vol ... fire. After this, observers would sight on the new position of the target, beginning another ... more details
ship systems mk 92 fcs.htm title MK 92 FireControlSystem FCS publisher GlobalSecurity.org accessdate 2008 12 12 ref The system has two or three radar sub systems depending on the model. The first two are combined in to a single system called the Combined Antenna System or CAS is used in all models ... developed from the Ship Gun FireControl Systems AN SPG 60 radar that is part of the Mk 86 gun firecontrolsystem. 2.0 Versions Mk 92 modification 0 is an early version of the system for the USN. Gun and missile control 1 air engagement channel 2 surface search, TWS channels Mk 92 modification 1 is the version used by United States Coast Guard cutters. It does not use the STIR or control surface ... title MK 92 FireControlSystem Manufacturer Doc. publisher GlobalSecurity.org accessdate 2009 02 ... Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate Tartar Guided Missile FireControlSystem Mk 74 Tartar Guided Missile FireControlSystem USCG Medium Endurance Cutter USN stub Category Naval weapons of the United .... Gun and missile control 2 air engagement channels, including STIR with Mk 107 console 2 surface ... more details
control of fire about the article about the new UK emergency control centres FiReControl the article about controllers for the firing of weapons Firecontrolsystem unreferenced date February 2009 control of fire is the practice of reducing the heat output of a fire, or reducing the area over which the fire exists, or suppressing or extinguishing the fire by depriving a fire of fuel , oxygen or heat see fire triangle . The classification below relates to the United States of America. Different classifications exist in other countries. Class A fires see also Fire retardant Wildfire The most common method to control a class A fire is to remove heat by spraying the burning solid fuels with water . Another method of controlling a class A fire would be to reduce the oxygen content of the atmosphere in the immediate vicinity of the i.e., smother the fire , such as by the introduction of an inert gas such as carbon dioxide . In a Wildfire , firecontrol includes various wildland fire suppression techniques such as Defensible space firecontrol defensible space , opening the fuel ladder spacing, removing fuel in the fire s path with firebreak s and backfires, to minimize the brushfire from ..., result in a deep seated and burrowing fire, resulting in less effective firecontrol by the application ... cable jackets. The application of water does not always result in effective firecontrol, and there is a general ... department cutting holes in the roof. See also Fire classes Fire sand bucket Control of fire by early ... s, and fuels on fire cannot be efficiently controlled with water. Fuels with a specific gravity less than water, such as gasoline or oil , float on water, resulting in the fire continuing in the fuel on top of the water. The application of a combination of fire suppressant foam mixed with water ... of chemical fire suppressants. Class C fires Class C fires involve electricity as a continuous ... to eliminate re ignition. Once the electricity is removed, the result is a Class A fire. Ventilation ... more details
Other uses A controlsystem is a device, or set of devices to manage, command, direct or regulate the behavior of other devices or system. There are two common classes of control systems, with many variations ... of linear control. Some devices or systems are inherently controllability not controllable . Overview The term controlsystem may be applied to the essentially manual controls that allow an operator ... be moved unless safety guards are in place. An automatic sequential controlsystem may trigger a series ... Linear control systems use Linear system linear negative feedback to produce a control signal ... process within an acceptable operating range. The output from a linear controlsystem into the controlled ... required corrective signal, a linear controlsystem may repeatedly switch an actuator, such as a pump ... of the controlsystem. At low gains, only a small corrective action is applied when errors are detected ... controlsystem produces are unacceptable for many reasons, including the waste of fuel and time ... the furnace and its contents. Suppose that the gain of the controlsystem is reduced drastically ... as tuning the controlsystem. A well tuned proportional furnace temperature controlsystem will usually ... in proportion to that rapidity to try to maintain it. Derivative action makes a controlsystem behave ... to another control loop rather than affecting process variables directly. If a system has several ... are right the result can be a good controlsystem. When a robust fuzzy design is reduced into a single ... theory Distributed controlsystem Programmable logic controller Programmable automation controller PID controller HVAC controlsystem Droop speed controlControl engineering Sampled data systems Building ... controlsystem Hierarchical controlsystem Motion control Cybernetics Good Regulator div References ... DEFAULTSORT ControlSystem Category Control theory Category Control engineering Category Systems ... packaging machine. In the case of linear feedback systems, a control loop , including ... more details
File Fc rate.gif thumb 200px Range finder with lightning, United States Navy Fire Controlman FC , USN rating badge. A firecontrol radar FCR is a radar which is designed specifically to provide information mainly target azimuth, elevation, range and velocity to a firecontrolsystem in order to calculate ... scan capability enabling it to function simultaneously as a firecontrol radar and a search radar . This works ... radar beams and dividing them between both tasks. Operational phases Firecontrol radars operate ... 2009 02 10 ref Designation or vectoring phase The firecontrol radar must be directed to the general ... on lock on is acquired. Acquisition phase The firecontrol radar switches to the acquisition phase ... control radar system, it must operate at a high pulse repetition frequency and have a high receiver ... firecontrol radars have unique characteristics, such as radio frequency, pulse duration, pulse frequency ... Soviet firecontrol radars were often List of NATO reporting names for equipment named and NATO pilots ... One of the first successful firecontrol radars, the SCR 584 radar SCR 584 , was used effectively and extensively ... Nike series and currently the MIM 104 Patriot . Ship based Examples of firecontrol radars currently ... Mark 45 gun Mk 45 lightweight gun Aircraft based After WWII, airborne firecontrol radars have evolved ... 02 FIRECONTROL RADAR FUNDAMENTALS Revised External links http www.globalsecurity.org military systems aircraft systems an apg.htm AN APG FireControl Systems at GlobalSecurity.org Category Radar de Feuerleitradar es Radar de control de tiro it FireControl Radar ... system searches in the designated area in a predetermined search pattern until the target is located or redesignated. This phase terminates when a weapon is launched. Tracking phase The firecontrol radar enters into the track phase when the target is located. The radar system locks onto the target during this phase. This phase ends when the target is destroyed. Performance The performance of a fire ... more details
Coast Artillery FireControlSystem Coast Artillery firecontrolsystem , and were used between about 1900 and the end of WW2. ref About 200 firecontrol towers once existed in the states of ME, NH ... to spot wild fires base end station Coast Artillery firecontrolsystem Flak tower , similar large ...About a military structure to control the fire of coast artillery batteries a tower used to locate forest fires Fire lookout tower A firecontrol tower is a structure located near the U.S. coast that was used ... or federal parks or reservations. ref A Typical FireControl Tower File Nahant Twin Towers.jpg thumb left 180px Two identical firecontrol towers in Nahant, MA Site 131 . File Nahant 1A FCT .... A firecontrol tower usually contained several firecontrol stations, known variously as observation ..., so the aim of the guns could be adjusted. For example, the firecontrol tower at Site 131 1A diagrammed ... the plans were drawn up and the time the guns were mounted or the firecontrol towers were built ... sample firecontrol tower, the 6th floor ended up housing an observation post for the command of the northern ... was determined by the range of the guns involved. Many firecontrol towers were also part of a harbor .... File DPF and Azimuth Scope.jpg thumb left 180px Observing instruments used in firecontrol towers ... received target coordinate data directly from observing instruments in firecontrol towers or from firecontrol radars and performed the triangulation calculations automatically. Gun data computers brought greater speed and accuracy to the firecontrol process. ref File Nahant 1A FCT Plan.jpg thumb left 180px A plan of all the floors of Nahant Site 1A. A firecontrol tower was usually 5 to 10 stories ... to climb to higher levels see elevation drawing above at right . But some firecontrol structures ... as private homes, and were referred to as firecontrol cottages. ref Sometimes particularly early ..., were used as firecontrol towers. These installations were already naturally camouflaged. ref A plan ... more details
image HMS Belfast 6inch transmitting station 1.jpg thumb Admiralty FireControl Table in the transmitting station of HMS Belfast C35 HMS Belfast . The Admiralty FireControl Table A.F.C.T. was an electromechanical analogue computer firecontrolsystem that calculated the correct elevation and deflection of a Royal Navy cruiser or battleship s main armament, so that the shells fired would strike a surface target. The AFCT MK 1 was fitted to HMS Nelson 28 6 and HMS Rodney 29 2 in the early 1920s ref name WW2, Campbell p12 Naval Weapons of WW2, Campbell, p12 ref , while battleships HMS Warspite 03 2 , HMS Valiant 1914 2 , and HMS Queen Elizabeth 1913 2 , and the battlecruiser HMS Renown 1916 2 , received Mk VII tables in the late 1930s. ref name Naval Weapons of WW2, Campbell Naval Weapons of WW2, Campbell ref Battleships of the King George V class battleship 1939 King George V class received a Mk IX table, while HMS Vanguard 23 2 received the final variant, the Mk X. ref name WW2, Campbell p12 The AFCT was the successor to the Dreyer tables, developed by Captain later Admiral Frederic Charles Dreyer and the Argo Clock, developed by Arthur Pollen , and received developmental input from both men. ref The Naval Review, Early Development of Naval FireControl , Dreyer, July 1986, page 241. ref The Admiralty FireControl Clock AFCC was a simplified version of the AFCT and was used for the local control of main armament and primary control of secondary armament of battleships and cruisers, and the main armament of destroyers and other small vessels. ref name WW2, Campbell p15 Naval Weapons of WW2, Campbell, p15 ref Some smaller cruisers also used the AFCC for main armament control ... were used for gunnery control against surface targets. The High Angle ControlSystem and Fuze Keeping Clock were used for gunnery control against aircraft. Notes reflist External links http www.hnsa.org ... of the AFCT http www.hnsa.org doc afcc index.htm B.R. 901 43, Handbook of The Admiralty FireControl ... more details
supervising station. A fire alarm system consists of a computer based control connected to a central ... system, or another fire alarm control panel. Depending on how the panel is programmed, the panel ... system has been disabled such as a fire sprinkler control valve being closed and, consequently, a sprinkler ...Image Potomac hall facp.jpg thumb 240px right A Siemens MXL fire alarm control panel top and graphic ... VM 1 fire alarm control unit FACU autonomous control unit ACU with integrated voice evacuation and fire fighter telephone system. Manufactured by Edwards, A UTC F&S Company globalize article date December 2010 A Fire Alarm Control Panel FACP , or Fire Alarm Control Unit FACU , is the controlling component of a Fire Alarm System. The panel receives information from environmental sensors designed ... control of equipment, and transmission of information necessary to prepare the facility for fire ..., conventional panels, addressable panels, and multiplex systems. Coded Fire Alarm Control Panels Image Simplex4247.jpg thumb 250px right A Simplex 4247 fire alarm control panel. Coded panels were the earliest type of central fire alarm control, and were made during the 1800s to the 1970s. A coded ... buildings such as those on college campuses or hospitals. Conventional Fire Alarm Control Panels ... such as small schools, stores, restaurants, and apartments. A conventional Fire Alarm Control Panel ... sensor exceeds a predetermined threshold. In a conventional fire alarm system, the information density is limited to the number of such circuits used. To facilitate location and control of fire within ... Device Circuit within a zone displays at the Fire Alarm Control Panel using visible indications ... points on the map corresponding to Initiating Circuits connected to the Fire Alarm Control ... A wiring diagram for a simple fire alarm system consisting of two input loops one closed, one open ... were often capable of controlling more than a building s fire alarm system i.e. HVAC, security, electronic ... more details
Infobox nrhp name FireControl Tower No. 23 nrhp type image FireControl Tower 23.JPG caption location Sunset Boulevard, Lower Township, New Jersey lat degrees 38 lat minutes 56 lat seconds 36 lat direction N long degrees 74 long minutes 58 long seconds 3 long direction W coord display inline,title locmapin New Jersey built 1942 architect architecture FireControl Tower added November 17, 2003 area less than one acre governing body State refnum 03000655 ref name nris NRISref 2009a ref designated other1 name New Jersey Register of Historic Places designated other1 abbr NJRHP designated other1 link New Jersey Register of Historic Places designated other1 date May 29, 2003 designated other1 number 4169 ref name NJRHP cite web title New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places Cape May County url http www.state.nj.us dep hpo 1identify lists capemay.pdf publisher NJ DEP Historic Preservation Office page 12 date January 10, 2010 accessdate March 27, 2010 Dead link date October 2010 bot H3llBot ref designated other1 num position bottom designated other1 color ffc94b FireControl Tower No. 23 , is located in Lower Township, New Jersey Lower Township , New Jersey . The tower was built in 1942 as part of Fort Miles , the system of harbor defenses of the Delaware Bay . It was one of 15 towers from North Wildwood, New Jersey to Bethany Beach, Delaware used to aim coastal batteries at German ships and submarines. It is located near Sunset Beach New Jersey Sunset Beach in Cape May Point State Park . The tower was added to the New Jersey Register of Historic Places on May 29, 2003 and to the National Register of Historic Places on November 17, 2003. About this time the tower was renovated under the direction of architect Robert Russell. Spiral staircases, lighting and safety features were installed, allowing the public to climb to the top of the tower and a wooden walkway was built to Sunset Avenue. ref name MAC cite web title World War II Lookout Tower work Mid Atlantic Center ... more details
Infobox Military rating name FireControl Technician image File Rating Badge FT.jpg 150px caption Rating insignia issued by United States Navy type Enlisted rating abbreviation FT specialty Deck FireControl Technician abbreviated as FT is a United States Navy occupational Naval rating rating . FireControl Technicians perform organizational and intermediate level maintenance on submarine combat control systems, equipment, and associated combat control systems test equipment operate submarine combat control systems test submarine combat control systems operate and maintain combat control systems associated systems and participate in weapons handling functions and operate and maintain tactical computer systems and peripherals. ref name HIST cite web title Navy enlisted manpower and personnel classifications work Bureau of Naval Personnel publisher US Navy url http buperscd.technology.navy.mil bup updt 508 OccStandards OccStd Menu.htm accessdate 2007 01 11 ref See also List of United States Navy ratings Portal United States Navy References references Category United States Navy ratings USN stub ... more details
to have controlled fire The control of fire by early humans was a turning point in the sociocultural ... evidence of widespread control of fire dates to approximately 125,000 years ago and later. ref name beyondveg Evidence for the controlled use of fire by Homo erectus beginning some 400,000 years ago ... before that Gowlett, 1984, pp. 181 82 ref Claims for the earliest definitive evidence of control of fire ... evidence All evidence of control of fire during the Lower Paleolithic is uncertain and has at best limited scholarly support. In fact, definitive evidence of controlled use of fire is one of the factors ..., sites FxJjzoE and FxJj50 show evidence of control of fire by Homo erectus at 1.5 Mya, with the reddening ... Africa The earliest definitive evidence of human control of fire was found at Swartkrans , South ... cite web url http www.beyondveg.com nicholson w hb hb interview2c.shtml title First Control of Fire ... at least shows that humans did controlfire at the time of the habitation of the Zhoukoudian cave ... fire with flintstones An important change in the behavior of humans was brought about by the control ... simple Control of fire by early humans fi Varhaisihmisen tulenk ytt sv Tidiga m nniskor ... warmth and protection. Making fire also allowed the expansion of human activity into the colder hours ... accessdate 2007 11 12 last Price first David quote Fire was used by Homo erectus in northern China more ... name James cite journal last James first Steven R. year 1989 month February title Hominid Use of Fire ... Fora , and Olorgesailie in Kenya , show some possible evidence that fire was utilized by early humans ..., but it could have resulted from a natural brush fire. ref name James In Gadeb , Ethiopia , fragments ... fire away from their habitation site. ref name James Burnt stones are also found in the Awash Valley ... 3670017.stm title Early human fire skills revealed publisher BBC News date April 29, 2004 accessdate ... comes from Kalambo Falls in Zambia where several artifacts related to the use of fire by humans had ... more details
In the context of firecontrol , Defensible Space is the natural and landscaped area around a structure that has been maintained and designed to reduce fire danger, sometimes called Firescaping . ref http ... areas spreading and so making it more difficult to control a wildland fire. One guideline is for a typical .... Federal Register 64 25 , 6183 6186. ref See also Portal Gardening FirecontrolFire ecology Firefighting ... Horticulture and Gardening DEFAULTSORT Defensible Space FireControl Category Wildfire prevention Category ... . ref http www.fire.ca.gov communications communications firesafety 100feet.php CAL FIRE intro Retrieved 4 26 2010 ref This defensible space reduces the risk that fire will spread from the surroundings ... fire agencies primary goal of fuel reduction is a recommended or required defensible space around .... Grounds fuel rungs such as dried grasses, can transmit fire to shrub rungs, which then transmit ... not be devoid of vegetation by using naturally fire resistive plants that are spaced, pruned and trimmed ... of a fire. The first convert 30 ft m is the Defensible Space Zone, of a defensible space around a structure ... guidelines.pdf CAL FIRE guidelines. Retrieved 4 26 2010 ref An important component is ongoing maintenance of the fire resistant landscaping for reduced fuel loads and fire fighting access. Fire resistive ... deadwood debris , and become fire assistive. Irrigation systems and pruning can help maintain a plant s fire resistance. Maintaining access roads and driveways clear of side and low hanging vegetation can allow large fire equipment to reach properties and structures. Some agencies recommend clearing ... SBCFD checklist. Retrieved 4 26 2010 ref The slogan Provide Defensible Space, be fire safe and fire smart is used by agencies. Unintended consequences The unintended negative consequences of erosion ... communications communications firesafety 100feet.php CAL FIRE Homepage Links Official CA State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection website. http www.sbcfire.com fp hrp defensible space guidelines.pdf ... more details
wiktionarypar controlsystemcontrol mechanism control loop A controlsystem is a device or set of devices to manage, command, direct or regulate the behavior of other devices or system s. A control mechanism is a process used by a controlsystem. Controlsystem may refer to General control systems Distributed controlsystem , where control elements are not centralized Fuzzy controlsystem , a controlsystem that analyses and manipulates continuous variables as opposed to discrete variables Hierarchical controlsystem Industrial control systems Real time controlsystem disambiguation , several meanings Specific control systems Kite control systems Lighting controlsystem Computer control systems Firecontrolsystem , which assists a weapons system in firing speed and accuracy Networked controlsystem , a hierarchical controlsystem implemented by a computer network Revision ControlSystem , which automates various processes to regulate and maintain data revisions Source Code ControlSystem Vehicle control systems Aircraft flight controlsystem s, which assists pilots in flying an aircraft Airborne Early Warning and Control Systems Cruise control , a system that maintains the speed of a vehicle Autonomous cruise controlsystem , a cruise controlsystem that uses radar or laser input to detect its surroundings Environmental ControlSystem , which controls environmental factors within an aircraft Reaction controlsystem of a spacecraft, assisting in attitude control and steering Traction controlsystem , which maintains the traction between a vehicle s wheels and the travelling surface Biological control systems Cell nucleus , the central controlsystem in every biological cell Regulome , the entire set of control systems within a cell Homeostasis , the regulation and maintenance ... system , the organ system most responsible for the control of biological processes Brain , the controlsystem of the central nervous system and of all cognition Gene regulation , which controls what ... more details
orphan date November 2009 The Tactical ControlSystem TCS is a group of protocols that govern the command and controlsystem for unmanned aerial vehicle s, UAVs. History Developed by EG&G Technical Services and Raytheon , starting in 1999, the Tactical ControlSystem is designed to run UAVs in all branches of the Military of the United States US military as well as NATO STANAG 4586 compliant UAVs. Raytheon developed the systems to run on computer s using a type of Unix operating system called Solaris operating system Solaris 8 from Sun Microsystems . Raytheon also developed a system for the Linux operating system. According to the winning Raytheon bid for the development of the TCS system, it will feature Simultaneous control of multiple UAVs Compliance with NATO s Standardization Agreement 4586 Integration of plug and play payloads Weaponization of the Fire Scout and Fire Scout operational evaluations. Testing Raytheon will undergo formal Operational Evaluation with Fire Scout in fiscal year 2008. Until then, tests to determine the progress of the system s development are ongoing. So far, there have been some positive results including December 2004 A scaled down laptop version of TCS, the Multiple Vehicle ControlSystem MVCS , was able to control two UAVs flying over Arizona simultaneously. In addition to the two Arizona UAVs, the MVCS was also able to simultaneously control an unmanned surface vessel operating on Chesapeake Bay near Norfolk, Virginia Norfolk, Va . January 2005 The TCS system was able to complete a vertical shipboard landing on a moving target, the US Navy ship USS Nashville LPD 13 USS Nashville , independent of any pilot. This was the first time such a feat had ever been achieved. April 10, 2006 Raytheon Company has successfully simulated simultaneous command and control of two unmanned air vehicles Unmanned aerial vehicle UAV and an unmanned surface vehicle from one common controlsystem. External links http www.navyleague.org sea power jul06 22.php ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date February 2009 An open system is a feedforward system that does not have any feedback loop to control its output in a controlsystem in systems theory . The system is an open system because it does not have a feedback loop in its control. In contrast, a closed systemcontrol theory closed system uses on a feedback loop to control the operation of the system. In an open system, the output of this system is not fed back into the input to the system for control or operation. An open system is essentially a feedforward system. feedforward increases speed Category Control theory DEFAULTSORT Open SystemControl Theory Engineering stub ... more details
About setpoints in control theory Set point disambiguation Set point Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Setpoint is the target value that an automatic controlsystem, for example PID controller , will aim to reach. For example, a boiler controlsystem might have a temperature setpoint, that is a temperature the controlsystem aims to attain. DEFAULTSORT Setpoint ControlSystem Category Control theory Tech stub de Sollwert pl Warto zadana pt Setpoint sistema de controle sv B rv rde ... more details
Multiple issues unreferenced August 2008 notability December 2008 orphan February 2009 Integrated Control and Safety System , or ICSS is a system that fuses the Process control and safety Safety control in an oil gas facility. The practice in the oil gas industry is to separate the Safety instrumented system Safety System SIS from the Distributed controlsystem Process ControlSystem PCS . Two independent systems for Process and Safety Systems allows to optimize both safety and process controls. Clarify date December 2008 An ICSS integrates these two systems for better communication between the two systems. References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Integrated Control And Safety System Category Petroleum production Petroleum stub ... more details
Airborne Warning and ControlSystem , or AWACS , may refer to E 3 Sentry , the aircraft developed under the USAF s Airborne Warning and ControlSystem program Airborne Early Warning and Control AEW&C , a more modern term for the general type of aircraft used in this role disambig ur ... more details
Merge to Attitude control spacecraft date November 2011 In spaceflight , the attitude controlsystem ACS or attitude determination and control ADAC system of a spacecraft consists of equipment to measure, report and change the orientation of the vehicle. ref cite web url http www2.jpl.nasa.gov basics bsf11 2.html title Attitude and Articulation Control Subsystems AACS publisher JPL ref Components Some components of the attitude controlsystem include cn date November 2011 Momentum wheel s Reaction wheel s Gravity gradient stabilization Gravity gradient booms Magnetorquer Control moment gyroscope s Reaction controlsystem s Attitude sensors such as gyroscope s, rate gyro s in spacecraft this is called Astrionics cn date November 2011 See also Reaction controlsystem Triad Method Orientation geometry Dynamics main Attitude dynamics and control The ACS causes torque s, which spin the spacecraft. With an accurate model of the dynamics physics dynamics of the spacecraft, those torques can be used to control the spacecraft s attitude. cn date November 2011 References reflist External links refbegin cite web url http www.sti.nasa.gov sscg 19.html title Scope and Subject Category Guide Category 19 Spacecraft Instrumentation and Astrionics publisher NASA refend space stub Category Spacecraft design Category Spacecraft components Category Spacecraft attitude control de Attitude Determination and ControlSystem fr Contr le d attitude ... more details
The term Real time controlsystem can refer to An embedded system A subfield control engineering focusing on digital control systems and real time systems Specific technology developed by the NIST . Real time ControlSystem RCS Reference Model Architecture, suitable for many software intensive, real time control problem domains The ISAM Framework is an RCS application to the Manufacturing Domain. The 4D RCS Reference Model Architecture is the RCS application to the Vehicle Domain, and The NASA NBS Standard Reference Model for Telerobot Control Systems Architecture NASREM is an application to the Space Domain. Real time ControlSystem Software Library is an archive of free C , Java and Ada code, scripts, tools, makefiles, and documentation developed to aid programmers of software to be used in real time control systems especially those using the Reference Model Architecture for Intelligent Systems Design . See also RCS disambiguation disambig ... more details
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